As the songs for their first effort neared completion in composition, he band quickly added Heidi Parviainen (Iconofear/Agonia) to replace Goodman on vocals, and Kasperi Heikkilä (Guardians of Mankind, Merging Flare, Iconofear) to take over guitar for original part-timer Sampo Seppälä (Antheme One). They are currently recording their first album, due out in late 2007.

Latest Amberian Dawn News

Below is our complete Amberian Dawn news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.

Amberian Dawn has issued the following announcement about two of their songs being added to the Rock Band video game:

"We are happy to announce that Amberian Dawn has been selected to Rock Band Network. It means that at the end of this year you'll be able to download two Amberian Dawn songs to your Rock Band. The first song is ‘River Of Tuoni’ from our debute album with same name. The second song, ‘He Sleeps In A Grove’ is from our brand new album ‘The Clouds Of Northland Thunder’. So get ready for that and take a chance to be one of Amberian Dawn players. Before you get play these tracks with Rock Band you have a chance to see us live on our European tour during 14.10. - 7.11.2009. We are touring with Epica and Sons of Seasons in 10 European countries."

Amberian Dawn keyboardist/gutiarist, Tuomas Seppälä, will guest on a radio show on a Finnish "Radio Rock" channel on June 16th. The show starts at 7 pm. You can stream the show at www.radiorock.fi/player.

Amberian Dawn's upcoming album, "The Clouds Of Northland Thunder," will be released on June 29th via Ascendance Records. An e-card for the album is available at this location.

Finnish band Amberian Dawn has posted a new music video online for the song "He Sleeps In A Grove," which is from their upcoming album "The Clouds of Northland Thunder." The video can be viewed below. "The Clouds Of Northland Thunder" is currently set for a June 29th release date through Ascendance Records. The band has also posted an e-card of the album here.More...

Ascendance Records has posted the following statement regarding the new album "The Clouds of Northland Thunder" from AMBERIAN DAWN:

"Ascendance is proud to announce the release date of the 29th June for the new album "The Clouds of Northland Thunder" from the Finnish metal sensation Amberian Dawn!

"The Clouds of Northland Thunder" sees the band taking a slightly more aggressive approach in terms of speed, but never forgetting the strong choruses and hook lines integral to the overall sound. The musicality is taken up another notch, with all musicians at the top of their craft. The band's live performances have proved that the band are more than able to hold their own against the biggest names in the scene, with Heidi Parviainen flawless soprano singing proving her to be amongst the most accomplished vocalists out there.

Keyboard / guitar player Tuomas Seppälä is the musical composer and vocalist Heidi Parviainen adds the finishing touch to the songs with her lyrics. Kasperi Heikkinen plays second guitar, Tommi Kuri bass and Joonas Pykälä-aho is on the drums. Emil Pohjalainen joined Amberian Dawn on guitar after this album was recorded.

This is a great album from a confident band playing at the top of their game and one sure to build on the success of the début in every respect. With shows already booked for the Sweden Rocks and Belgium's MFVF festival with much more on the way, 2009 will see the band rising ever upwards."

Melodic metal band THAUROROD has posted online a new version of the song "Into The Realms Of Hidden Me," with the new vocalist Markku Kuikka. The version is a rather raw one, but the band promises more and better previews for the coming album, "Upon Haunted Battlefields."

"This demo song is 100% home-recorded and mixed/mastered. The song will have a new better mix in about two weeks and at the same time we will release the title song of the new album "Upon Haunted Battlefields". But take this just as demo version. The actual album versions will be completed during next year on Spring/Summer.

"The idea of releasing these demo songs is just to give you a track with Markku Kuikka on vocals to listen.Anyway we hope you will enjoy what you hear and please give us a word!!!," says bassist Pasi Tanskanen.

The guitarist of the band, Emil Pohjalainen, has recently joined the ranks of AMBERIAN DAWN.

"This year has been amazing for us and big thanks goes to all of you fans around the world! We had really successful European tour with EPICA and all the shows, especially last show in Paris, will stay in our memories forever! What makes it even greater was that one-third of the shows were sold out! We have had a lot of fun playing to great audiences and spending some time with many fans after the shows. Four weeks together in a tour bus went very quickly and there was a great sense of humour among bands and our excellent tour crew. Great memories. But biggest thanks goes to our great fans, as said we had chance to meet many of you and we will make sure we will be back soon!!" More...

"We've got some news for you. Amberian Dawn and Suomen Musiikki are proud to announce Ascendance Records forthcoming release of Amberian Dawn’s debut album River Of Tuoni to European territories outside of Finland. Album will be released June 16th in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Lichstenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland." More...

Finnish female-fronted metal band AMBERIAN DAWN will release its debut album, "River of Tuoni", on January 30, 2008 via Suomen Musiikki. Another track from the CD, "Valkyries", can currently be streamed on the group's MySpace page.

Commented the band: "Our label, Suomen Musiikki, has defined AMBERIAN DAWN's music as fantasy metal, but as always, the genre borders are very thin and hard to define. Our music has definitely fantasy in its lyrics... but melody and rhythm are the key components."

Commented the group: "Our label, Suomen Musiikki, has defined AMBERIAN DAWN's music as fantasy metal, but as always, the genre borders are very thin and hard to define. Our music has definitely fantasy in its lyrics... but melody and rhythm are the key components."

Up and Coming Finnish epic metal outfit Amberian Dawn have recently opened their official MySpace in preparation for their independently released debut. The band is now recording their forthcoming full length album at Rockstar Productions' studio, scheduled to be out this fall against a flurry of hugely anticipated Scandinavian releases from several veteran bands. As stated by frontwoman Heidi Parvianinen (Agonia) in a recent interview "Finland is the promised land of metal! There are a huge amount of metal bands in Finland and the competition is hard and the level is high. You have to have something very special and some luck too to brake through." Their two promo tracks, "River Of Tuoni" and "Evil Inside Me" have been posted at the official site, and indeed convey a special sound that is sure to stand up to unavoidable comparisons to Nightwish, who also have a release scheduled for late 2007. You can catch the group in a few select clubs in Finland prior to their first major tour: